📊 Form Guide

Al-Wakrah

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Al-Wakrah, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Stars League success against Umm Salal.

The only name on the scoresheet from Al-Wakrah was Farid Boulaya (19').

It’s not been often in recent games that Al-Wakrah haven’t conceded. The reality is that Al-Wakrah have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 11 goals on the way.

Al-Gharafa

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Al-Gharafa head into the clash following on from a 1-3 Stars League win to defeat Al-Arabi in their previous fixture.

In that game, Al-Gharafa managed 52% possession and 15 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Al-Gharafa, the scorers were Yacine Brahimi (45') and Joselu (76'). Al-Arabi got 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Showing their penchant for action-packed matches, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the previous six matches in which Al-Gharafa have taken to the field, giving an average of 3.83 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have got 13 of those goals. Such a trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, however.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/02/2022 shows us that Al-Wakrah have won 1 of these & Al-Gharafa 3, with the number of draws being 2.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in total which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league fixture between these sides was Stars League match day 10 on 22/11/2024 when the final score was Al-Gharafa 3-1 Al-Wakrah.

In that match, Al-Gharafa had 45% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Joselu (60').

On the other side, Al-Wakrah had 22 attempts on goal with 10 of them on target. Ricardo Gomes (20') and Lucas Mendes (75' Own goal) scored.

📋 Team News: Al-Wakrah

Abdelkarim Hassan (Ankle injury) and Lucas Mendes (Ankle injury) will be missing for Al-Wakrah boss Pepe Murcia.

📰 Team News: Al-Gharafa

Al-Gharafa manager Pedro Martins has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Rodrigo (unknown injury) and Mohammed Muntari (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that this Al-Gharafa have it within them to have the majority of the possession and should turn some of their chances into goals.

At the same time, Al-Wakrah might well find it difficult scoring goals of their own but we can see them scoring here as well.

We’re predicting a pretty comfortable 1-3 victory for Al-Gharafa by the conclusion of the game.

Renata Leite, 15:22 11/04/2025